Comments on: NFL says one-man crew hasn’t been discussed

By: mrlaloosh

mrlaloosh — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:24:59 +0000

Godell has 50,000 pieces of evidence to prove that one official games have not been discussed… Oh, wait

By: fmwarner

fmwarner — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:54:45 +0000

A one man officiating crew? That’s so stupid that only a league advocating 18-game seasons and expanding to London could have come up with it.

Uh oh.

By: jdubkc

jdubkc — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:33:12 +0000

And I always thought they should add one to the field, better officiating, less stress on officials. Officials wont cry for more money (aka strike) because the duties increased and they are not being compensated…, help me out here, why wouldnt they?

By: rcali

rcali — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:00:28 +0000

Big Brother is Watching!

By: matthewcarlson1

matthewcarlson1 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:53:48 +0000

cakemixa says:
Aug 20, 2012 2:59 PM
Just like they didn’t make a settlement offer to Vilma.
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Why would they settle with a guilty party? They never made an offer, someone from Vilma’s “camp” made it up in an attempt to confuse the public and cause doubt. Thats been the Saints gameplan in this whole thing. Looks like it worked.

By: johnnyb216

johnnyb216 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:48:03 +0000

How can 1 man officiate a field with 22 players on it?

By: mogogo1

mogogo1 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:27:15 +0000

If anybody with the NFL actually did have this idea, he should be fired. How many cheap shots would be missed with a single ref out there? There’d be a fight every other series. And with a single ref, who would be expected to stop a fight? Stadium security? Or would they go hockey-style and just let them fight it out?

They could expand replay and keep a full crew. They would gain nothing by going to one ref but would completely lose control of the game.

By: rubbernilly

rubbernilly — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:22:59 +0000

Can you imagine the cries that, “The fix is in!” by various fan constituencies around the league if reps of the League Offices are deciding which penalties are going to be called?

By: sullijo1

sullijo1 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:08:56 +0000

Chiefs PR machine drummed up this story to distract from the Hali suspension.

I’ve guess they’ve had a lot of practice distracting the media from the fact that they haven’t won a playoff game in 19 years.

By: macbull

macbull — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:07:38 +0000

If that was a trial balloon being floated by the NFL, it just had a “blow out”…

…that had to be the fastest deflation of trial balloon in history.

By: cakemixa

cakemixa — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:59:43 +0000

Just like they didn’t make a settlement offer to Vilma.